The Thermals

Every scene has their statesmen, and here are the chosen representatives of Portland. Five albums in, the clever trio has streamlined their pop-punk hooks into happy, heady perfection. And as many times as their 2006 opus The Body, the Blood, the Machine roars through dive bar jukeboxes, it'll never be enough. With Twin Shadow and Tyvek.
Thu., May 5, 6 p.m., 2011